Court Line - the company and its ships

Cressington Court (1)

 

Court Line used the name Cressington Court for four ships:

 

· Cressington Court (1) - a cargo ship launched in 1908

· Cressington Court (2) - a cargo ship launched in 1929

· Cressington Court (3) - a cargo ship launched as Empire Earl in 1942

· Cressington Court (4) - a bulk carrier launched as Hector Halcyon in 1961

 

Cressington Court (1) was in service from 1908 until she was scrapped in 1935 - a service life of 27 years. She got through WW1 unscathed.

Basic Data

Type: Cargo ship

Registered owners,managers and operators:

Court Line Ltd.

Managers Haldinstien and Co

Builders: Richardson, Duck and Co.

Yard: Stockton-on-Tees

Country: UK

Yard number: 589

Registry: N/K

Official number: 125709

Signal letters: N/K

Call sign: SVAQ (Fotini)

Classification society: N/K

Gross tonnage: 4,396

Net tonnage: 2,716

Deadweight: N/K

Length: 354.4 ft

Breadth: 50 ft

Depth: 27.6 ft

Draught: N/K

Engines: Triple expansion steam engine

Engine builders: Blair and Co Ltd.

Works: Stockton-on-Tees

Country:

Power: 358 nhp

Propulsion: Singe screw

Speed: 9 knots

Cargo capacity: N/K

Crew: N/K

Service Pre-WW1

 

No information is currently known about her service before WW1.

Service during WW1

 

Cressington Court (1) was used to transport various cargoes during the WW1:

 

· RN Collier service from 20/10/15 - 19/02/16 and 5/5/16 to 11/6/16

· East African Campaign as Store Ship No.B.108 from 18/3/17 - 5/1/18 mainly Durban to Dar-es-Salaam

· South African Maize cargoes up to 25/3/18. then ore cargoes

· Collier again 10/5/18 to 22/6/18

· Wheat from R.Plate up to Collier service 18/11/18 - 27/12/18

· Wheat from Australia up to Mid.1919

Service after WW1

 

No details are currently known about her service after WW1 apart from changes of ownership and a stranding in the Ocharkov Chanel in the Black Sea in 1934.

Images

 

1. Image #1 by courtesy of Clive Ketley.

Image 1 shows Cressington Court (1) and is the only known photo of the ship. The origins are not known.

Image 1